How Many People Are Named Cordel?
An estimated 432 people in the United States have the first name Cordel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Cordel peaked in popularity in 1997 with 37 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cordel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cordel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
432
About 1 in 793,413 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
1997
37 births
Total Registered
440
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cordel
Cordel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 440 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Cordel as a male name
Ranked #8,895 in 2020
8 male births in 2020
Peak: 1997 (37 births)
Cordel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cordel span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 194 babies were registered. Cordel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cordel by Decade
How has Cordel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cordel by State
Cordel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cordel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cordel
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cordel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cordel?
We estimate approximately 432 people named Cordel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 793,413 Americans share this first name.
Is Cordel a common name?
Cordel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 440 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cordel most popular?
Cordel reached peak popularity in 1997, when 37 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cordel is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cordel a male name?
Cordel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cordel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cordel Smith, Cordel Johnson, Cordel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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